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Rumpelstiltskin is one of the better known of the tales from the Brothers Grimm and a perennial favourite. The poor miller shows off in front of the king about the abilities of his beautiful daughter - she can apparently spin straw into gold. The king insists that the girl be sent to the palace and when she arrived arrives tells her to get a load of straw spun into gold - or suffer the (fatal) consequences. The girl is saved by the appearance of a dwarf who works his magic in return for the girl's necklace; on the second night it's her ring she gives up and on the third it's the promise of her first-born child.
I've always thought that this was a rather odd story. After threatening the girl with death if she couldn't work miracles the king then marries her once she's produced a load of gold. Personally I'd be worried about the possibility of some domestic violence before too long. Then there's the dwarf - who saves the girl's life on three occasions. A demand for the first-born child was going a ''bit'' far, but he too has to suffer the (fatal) consequences of his actions. The moral of the story is obviously that you shouldn't be offering to help any fair maidens if you're vertically challenged.
